The End of NYC, at least. I'd say WTF but my mom would come out of the woodwork and wash my mouth out with soap... We are truly living in an insane world, eh??

Let's give illegals the right to vote themselves more freebies at taxpayers expense. .. Gee, what do you think they'll vote for?? Sharia law right around the corner.... Anything and everything to undermine US laws and US freedoms (what's left of them sighhhh)..

NYC is toast.. I hear the IRS is moving from NYC to Chicago..

Susoni

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New York City officials announced on Monday, they are strongly considering allowing non-citizen legal residents the right to vote in local elections. The City Council has begun drafting legislation to let noncitizens vote in New York City’s municipal elections, a move that could strengthen immigrants in races across the five boroughs. Reports suggest that the city council is discussing the legislation with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office, and that a bill might be introduced as soon as this spring.

Legal residents would have to live in New York City for at least six months. A majority of city council members support it, as does Mayor Bill de Blasio, who says he would sign it if it gets to his desk. Supporters of the legislation argue that many non-citizen residents in the city already pay taxes and enroll their children in public schools, as well as becoming active members of the community. According to the Fiscal Policy Institute in New York, non-citizen residents contribute $18.2 billion in income taxes each year. Currently in the US, six small towns in Maryland allow non-citizen voting in local elections. Chicago lets non-citizens vote in its school elections.

Queens College professor Ronald Hayduk spoke to the Guardian newspaper saying "People are New Yorkers in profound ways without being citizens of the US,” Allowing non-citizens to vote, Hayduk adds, “Would produce new issues, new candidates, and new outcomes.” Queens, New York is almost made up of 50% of immigrants. In parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx, they make up well over a third of certain districts. “It’s very different in New York than in middle America.”

The legislation was created by Democrat city councilman Daniel Dromm who represents District 25, which includes parts of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst. “Enfranchising non-citizens would make communities like mine more important to city-wide and state officials,” he said. “We can’t ignore them if they can vote.” local elections in New York City suffer from shrinking turnout: 24% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2013 election that brought De Blasio to office, a new low.

From 1969 to 2002, non-citizen New Yorkers could vote in community school board elections (the school board was abolished in 2003). Civic groups encouraged thousands of Dominican non-citizen residents of Washington Heights to vote in school board polls. Their participation eventually forced the administration of Mayor Ed Koch to direct greater resources to neglected schools.

As the Guardian points out, “many Americans find the idea of non-citizen voting entirely unpalatable and fear that it undermines the sanctity and privilege of citizenship.” Peter Schuck, an emeritus professor of law at Yale University, told the outlet, “My guess is that it would cause many Americans to wonder what the point of citizenship is if anyone can vote without even bothering to learn or be committed enough to apply for naturalization.”

Eric Ulrich, one of three Republicans on the city council, recently told Newsday, “The right to vote is a privilege and a sacred obligation that citizens have enjoyed. It should only be for United States citizens. It’s also a reason for people who are on a path to citizenship to aspire to citizenship. It’s something for them to look forward to.” As Breitbart News previously reported, “six Maryland jurisdictions and Chicago allow non-citizens to vote in some local elections,” and “activists in Amherst, Massachusetts, Madison, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Vermont are also clamoring to give voting rights to non-citizens.”